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סְפַר

Biblical Aramaic

book — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

book tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סְפַר: n.m. book tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 7:10 book (v. BH סֵ֫פֶד);—cstr. ס׳ דָּכְרָנַיָּא Ezr 4:15(×2), ס׳ משֶׁה 6:18; pl. abs. סִפְרִין Dn 7:10 books (of records, v. Dr); emph. בֵּית סִפְדַיָּא Ezr 6:1 house of records.

Jastrow 1903

סְפַר ²: sea-district tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

constr. סְפַר, same; ס׳ יַמָּא sea-district. Targ. O. Gen. XLIX, 13 (h. text חֹף); a. fr.—Pl. סַפְרַיָּא, constr. סַפְרֵי. Targ. Y. ib.—[Targ. Y. Lev. XIII, 45 ספריא, some ed., v. סָפְדָּא.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the book (2); books (1); of (1).

In the verses

Ezra 6:1 · tree →

בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃

Word for word: then Darius the king he.made a.decree and they.searched in the.house of the.books where the treasures [were].deposited there in Babylon

JPS 1917: Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.

Ezra 6:18 · tree →

וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ כָהֲנַיָּ֜א בִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹן וְלֵוָיֵא֙ בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹן עַל־עֲבִידַ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם כִּכְתָ֖ב סְפַ֥ר מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ

Word for word: and they.appointed the priests in divisions their and the Levites in classes their over the.service of.(the) God which [is].in Jerusalem according to.the.writing of.the.book of.Moses

JPS 1917: And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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